UCF (15-3-1) will face the winner of No. 4 seed UTEP (13-5-0, 7-4-0) and No. 5 seed UAB (11-6-2, 5-4-2), who will play in the match to kick off the championship at 5 p.m. CT Wednesday. The Blazers knocked off UTEP in the regular season in a 1-0 overtime decision. UAB earned the tournament bid with a 2-1 victory against Memphis in the final regular-season game on Thursday, Oct. 29.
No. 3 seed and two-time defending C-USA champion Memphis (13-6-0, 8-3-0) will square off against host and No. 6 seed SMU (7-10-1, 5-5-1) in the 7:30 p.m. match. The Tigers shut out SMU, 2-0, in the regular season on Oct. 16. The winner of that match will play second-seeded Colorado College (12-5-2, 8-2-1), who leapt over Memphis in the standings with a dramatic come-from-behind victory against rival UTEP. CC freshman Brittney Lyman scored a conference-record five goals in a 5-2 win over the Miners in tonight's final match of the regular season to secure the bye. Colorado College will play the Memphis-SMU winner on Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT.
A complete schedule of the 2009 Conference USA Women's Soccer Championship follows.
2009 CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHEDULE
Wednesday, November 4
Match 1 - (4) UTEP vs. (5) UAB - 5 p.m.
Match 2 - (3) Memphis vs. (6) SMU - 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 6 (Semifinals)
Match 3 - (1) UCF vs. UTEP/UAB winner - 5 p.m.
Match 4 - (2) Colorado College vs. Memphis/SMU winner - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 8 (Finals)
Match 5 - Semifinal Winners - 1 p.m. (CBS College Sports)
All times are Central.
All Matches played at Westcott Field (Dallas, Texas)